Topic: Human Rights
Human rights defenders and Covid-19: The impact of the pandemic on human rights defenders and their work
September 23, 2022 · By Relief Web for reliefweb.int
Human rights defenders and Covid-19: The impact of the pandemic on human rights defenders and their work Covid-19: How a global crisis has affected human rights defenders Paris-Geneva, September 22, 2022 – As governments around the world have taken extraordinary measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, some have misused them to undermine human rights […]
Read More...Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development
September 22, 2022 · By United Nations for www.ohchr.org
Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development Hears Presentation of Thematic Reports Submitted by the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of […]
Read More...UN Rights Office Slams Abuses in Philippines
September 20, 2022 ·
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on September 13 calling on the Philippine government to address serious gaps on human rights, particularly regarding accountability for abuses linked to the “war on drugs.” The report highlighted several achievements of the UN and Philippines joint program on human rights, but underscored that impunity for […]
Read More...CHR says its next leaders need strong human rights background, independence
September 16, 2022 · By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
CHR says its next leaders need strong human rights background, independence The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to name individuals with strong human rights backgrounds and independence as the next commissioners, saying it is essential to the commission’s retaining its “A” status as a national human […]
Read More...The Philippines: UN human rights report looks to new administration for progress on accountability and reforms
September 14, 2022 · By United Nations, OHCHR for www.ohchr.org
The Philippines: UN human rights report looks to new administration for progress on accountability and reforms GENEVA (13 Sept 2022) – Amid continuing reports of human rights violations and abuses in the Philippines, including in the context of anti-drug operations, victims still face challenges in seeking justice, a UN report published today finds. In the report, the […]
Read More...Rating the World’s Efforts to Fight Human Trafficking.
April 27, 2015 · By (Credit to Standard News Wire.)
As State Dept.’s Annual TIP Report Approaches, House Panel Hears from Human Rights Groups About Impact of TIP Rankings WASHINGTON, April 23, 2015 /Standard Newswire/ — The U.S. State Department’s main effort to combat human trafficking was the main focus of a hearing held yesterday by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House […]
Read More...Petition: Safe zone for Syrians, now!
April 6, 2015 ·
Dear friends, The Syrian air force just dropped chlorine gas bombs on children. Their little bodies gasped for air on hospital stretchers as medics held back tears, and watched as they suffocated to death. But today there is a chance to stop these barrel bomb murders with a targeted No Fly Zone. The US, Turkey, […]
Read More...Ireland: Women’s rights ‘are not respected here’
April 2, 2015 · By the Irish Examiner
Ireland is eight years late in submitting a major report to the UN on tackling discrimination against women. And an expert in human rights has responded to the delay by saying “the autonomy and bodily integrity of women” are not respected in Ireland. The report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms […]
Read More...Ireland is eking out a new layer of human rights
March 27, 2015 · By Mark Kelly for the Irish Examiner
Slowly and forensically, layer by granular layer, the human rights treaty bodies have been building a three-dimensional model of Ireland’s compliance with its international obligations, writes Mark Kelly. Every successive European and global monitoring process has added further grains of truth, until the contours of our State’s respect for human rights have become clear. Viewed […]
Read More...Of Grand Temples and Empty Pews
January 26, 2015 ·
Of grand temples and empty pews Editorial,Sparks Rural Missionaries of the Philippines The essence of Christianity is to live the way Christ did-to go to the poor and to live with them, to serve the people, to take the cudgels for the deprived and the oppressed, to “smell like the sheep” in the words […]
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